Apparatus for assorting coins



March-20, 1928. 1,663,422

A. w. SVENSON APPARATUS FOR ASSORTING COINS Original Filed April 7, 19254 I a 1 I I I I I I I 1 I I I y g I l l I l lILLIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILIIIIIII] L T Irwmfir Anders 7/. 51 2103020.

Patented Mar. 20, 1928.

UNITED sTA .AND'ERS WERNER SVENSON, 0F VANERSBORG, SWEDEN."

APPARATUS FOR ASSORTING COINS.

Original application filed April '7, 1925, Serial No. 21,407. Patent No.1,554,140, dated September 15, 1925. Filed in Sweden December 16, 1924.Divided and this applicationfikd August 27, 1925.

Serial No. 52,876.

and from which the same are by means of.

diverting members, placed at successively decreasing height above theroll track, di

verted at different points. More particularly the invention relates tocoin-assorting apparatus of the above-named kind in which the coins thusdiverted are received by a number of glide plates which are providedwith parallel flanges disposed at such dis tance from each other, thatcoins of a certain size may, with their edges resting upon said flanges,glide along the flanges, while coins of a smaller size drop down betweenthe flanges.

An apparatus of that kind is described and shownin my patent applicationSer. No. 21,407, filed onthe 7th April 1925, and terminating in thegrant of Letters Patent No. 1,554,140 dated September 15, 1925; fromwhich the present application is divided.

The main object of the invention is to -provide means to positivelyguide the coins diverted from the roll track to the glide plates. I

In order that the invention may be clearly understood, reference is madeto the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a plan view of theapparatus. Fig. 2 is a plan view on a larger scale of a portion of theroll track and two of the glide plates. Fig. 3 is a front view of theparts shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a cross-section along the line 44 inFig. 3. Fig. 5 is a cross-section along the line 5-5 in Fig. 2.

In the drawing 1, 2 and 3 respectively denote endless transport bandswhich are adapted to forward the coins to be assorted from a plate ortable 4 up to the upper end 5 of a roll'track 6. The transport bandswhich serve to separate the coins from each other before they are causedto drop down on the upper end of the roll tracl ,-are pan ticularlyshown and described in my afore said Patent No. 1,554,140. r

The roll track or rail 6 which is fixed to the frame 7 of the apparatusis obliquely disposed in the direction of its length as well aslaterally, as appears from the Figs. 3 and 4. At the lower edge oftheroll track 6 L;

there. is provided a laterally projecting flange 8 upon which the coinsdropped down from the transport band 3 roll down one by one. To thetrack or rail 6 there are in 'a known manner fixed a number ofwedgeshaped diverting members 9 which are provided at successivelydecreasing heights above the flange 8 in such a manner, that coins ofthe largest size will at first be diverted from the flange 8 by thediverting member situated uppermost of the rail, thereafter by the nextdiverting member coins of next size, and so on.

The coins diverted from the rail or track 6 are caught by guidingmembers 10 each of which is adapted to guide the coins caught to aninclined glide plate or track 11.

The guiding members 10 may, consist of a plate 12 partly spiral shapedor turned about a quarter of a turn and placed in such a manner, thatits end adjacent to the respective diverting member is situated aboutvertical while its other end is parallel to the respective guide plate11. Preferably the guiding plates 12 are covered by covers 122 whichtogether with the plates 12 form tunnel-shaped and in cross-sectionrectangular ducts. The guidingmembers 1O trans fer the coins caught in arotating, vertical position to a gliding, horizontal position and.deliver the coins in that position to and upon the upper end of theglide plates 11.

The glide tracks or plates 11 are at their sides provided with upwardlyprojecting edges 13. To a part of their length they are provided with anelongated discharge slot 14 with such a lateral extension that withineach of the edges 13 a narrow flange 15 is formed. The openings 14 areat the lower end of the glide plates provided with an en largement orcoin discharge opening 16, and below these enlargements there aredisposed a number of receptacles 17 for the coins. The glide plates areat their lower ends provided with an upwardly projecting flange 18.

The lateral extension of the openings 14 and the distance between theedges 13 are so chosen that such coins which are of a size correspondingto the size of that species of coin which is to be received by thereceptacles 17 may, with their edges resting upon the flanges 15, glideover the openings 14 and drop down through the enlargement or coindischarge opening 16, while coins of a smaller size or deformed coinsdrop down through the discharge slots or openings 14;, as appearstromFig. 5, in which 19 denotes a coin dropping down.

hat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with a coin conveying track upon which the coins arecaused to roll and a glide plate angularly arranged relative to thetrack, a guide member of part spiral formation having one endsubstantially parallel to said track and its other end substantiallyparallel to said plate for receiving a coin rolling from said track andcausing the same to assume sliding posi tion upon said plate.

2. The combination with a coin conveying track upon which the coins arecaused to roll, a transversely horizontal inclined guide plate extendinglaterally from said track for guiding the coins to a receptacle, afunnel shaped guide duct having inlet and outlet openings, the inletopening of said duct being arranged parallel to said guide plate fordischarging the coins in a sliding position thereupon and a divertingmember upon said track for causing the rolling coins to be diverted tothe inlet opening of said duct.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

ANDERS WERNER SVENSON.

